Meaning Of The Word Shia

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Shia in American English
Shiite

Shia in British English
noun: one of the two main branches of Islam (the other being the Sunni), making up a tenth or more of the entire Muslim population, and forming the majority in Iran and Iraq, which regards Mohammed's cousin Ali and his successors as the true imams

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